2.3 表“方位”“距離”“大小”短語用作后置定語
這部分也是名詞短語用作后置定語。
1. people?east of Suez?蘇伊士以東的人
2. the land?just south of the Tiber River?就是臺伯河南邊那塊地
3. the school?two hours north of Barcelona?學校在巴塞羅那以北兩小時的車程
4. There was also another dwelling place some distance away from the buildings.
在離交易站的房子不太遠的地方,另有一個安身之處。
5. Sons and daughters away at colleges use their four-day holiday to go home, and
employees take extra days from their work to be able to make the trip.
在外求學的兒女們利用四天的假期回家,在外工作的人們會額外請幾天假以
夠路途往返。
6. Tell the boy to carry them to the house three doors away.
告訴男仆把它送到隔壁第三家。
7. kids next door 隔壁家的孩子
8. a forest the size of Wales 一片如威爾士大小的森林
9. In?Star Wars(1997), a spaceship the size of a small city cruises effortlessly
through space.
《星球大戰(zhàn)》(1997)里面,一艘宇宙飛船在空間輕松地穿行,這飛船足有一個
小型城市那么大。
10. Then everyone took his own pancake to a tent half the size of a football ground to
slowly enjoy it.
大家端著餅到有半個足球場大的帳篷里去慢慢享受。
11. From the driver's seat, Jim grinned down at the trio, a round-eyed twin?each
side of Grandpa, holding a hand apiece.
吉姆坐在駕駛座上,瞧著這祖孫三人,咧嘴笑了——眼睛圓圓的雙胞胎分別走
在爺爺兩側(cè),各自拉著爺爺?shù)囊恢皇帧?/p>